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Lobbyist Dave Carey at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, Man., on Jan. 16, 2024. Photo: Jim Timlick

Share concerns, build relationships with MPs, lobbyist says

Stay informed and hold representatives to account regardless of affiliation, farmers hear

By GFM Network News, Jim Timlick January 16, 2024

“Meet with your member of Parliament annually. That’s how you inform politicians. That’s where you can gain some real momentum and leverage. It only takes one MP to stand up at caucus and say I visited my constituents and this is the big issue,” said Dave Carey.

Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will be establishing a weed identification garden after a donation from the Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA) — MZTRA board chair, Brad Lewis (l), ACC agribusiness instructor, Danielle Tichit.

Crops, Local news

College to build weed identification garden

Assiniboine Community College looks to establish a weed identification garden to  house more than 80 of Manitoba’s most common annual and perennial weeds

By Jennifer Paige September 14, 2015

Southwestern Manitoba will soon be crawling with more weeds but these weeds are for a good cause. Assiniboine Community College is creating a weed identification garden with financial assistance from the defunct Manitoba Zero Tillage Research Association (MZTRA). “The garden will provide students in multiple programs with tangible and real learning opportunities and has the

Livestock, News

U.S. appeals WTO ruling on COOL

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2012

The Obama administration has dashed hopes for a rational settlement in the dispute with Canada and Mexico over a WTO ruling criticizing Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling rules. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office announced March 23 that the U.S. would appeal the decision. It waited until almost the last minute to go the

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Alta. economist urges Australian-style beef grading

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2012

Canadian beef producers and retailers could add value to their product by moving to a “more consistent” beef-grading system, a University of Alberta economist suggests. Canada’s current beef-grading system, in which carcasses are visually inspected and meat labelled accordingly, “cannot provide the same quality assurance as the more extensive (Meat Standards Australia, or MSA) system,”

Hogs, News

Hog Industry Supporters Take To The Streets

By Shannon VanRaes September 15, 2011

Supporters of the pork industry and businesses that rely on it came together at the Dutch Meat Market in Winnipeg to launch the next phase of their battle against the province s moratorium on hog-barn development. In the past, we ve seen the Manitoba Pork Council stand out on their own to talk about these

Dairy cattle, Forages, Hogs, News, Oilseeds, Pulses

Letter Draws Support

August 25, 2011

Concerned about increasing regulation, several of the province’s commodity organizations have joined the Manitoba Pork Council’s public campaign to defend its nutrient management practices. In a full-page ad in theWinnipeg Winnipeg Free Press,the council says hog producers are already subject to more environmental regulation than any other agricultural industry. It says a province-wide ban on

Forages, Livestock

Manitoba Forage Seed Grower Joins Anti-Monsanto Legal Action

May 5, 2011

In the age of patent protection, there’s lots of precedent for corporate giants suing farmers – but few farmers willing to take on the corporations. Well, meet Paul Gregory. He is among 60 farmers, producer groups and seed companies suing Monsanto Co. by challenging its patents on genetically modified seed. Gregory, who owns Interlake Forage

Hogs, News, Poultry

Hog Producers Ring Alarm Over Possible Feed Shortages

By Ron Friesen March 24, 2011

North America’s pork producers have issued a dire warning about a looming continental feed grain shortage that may jeopardize meat supplies and animal welfare in the coming year. Leaders of the Canadian Pork Council, the U.S. National Pork Producers Council and the Confederacion de Porcicultores Mexicanos last week issued an urgent call for government action

Opinion

Fair Food, Circus Fare – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Alan Guebert August 19, 2010

As the county and state fair season spreads across America, farmers, ranchers and producer groups from Maryland and Montana will cook rib-eyes, whip up omelettes, grill chicken, barbecue pork steaks, butter sweet corn and pour thick milkshakes for their non-farming customers from Baltimore to Billings and nearly everywhere in between. This fresh, wholesome goodness will

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Dec. 10, 2009

December 10, 2009

RECIPE SWAP A New Cookbook In The Works Frieda Martens of Winnipeg is preparing a cookbook focused on the wild fruit of the Prairies and she’s looking for recipes to include. Frieda writes: “The recipes I want have to be ones they use and must have wild fruit in them. I am not interested in

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

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